France is under Louis XVI's monarchy system. There is starvation, war debts and economic chaos.
France took place in this war. Sent significant military help and resources across the Atlantic Ocean.
King Louis XVI summons Estates General for its first meeting since 1914.
Third Estate breaks away from Estates-General and establishes itself as National Assembly. Declare themselves representatives of the people.
National Assembly members (mainly from the third estate) take Tennis Court Oath since King has locked the doors of the Assembly meeting room. Decide not to rest until a Constitution is made and signed.
Parisian citizens move to and take over the Bastille. The Bastille had 7 political prisioners but also a lot of weapons.
French people declare their Declaration of the Rights of Men and of the Citizen.
Peasant (and armed) women march to Versailles to demand the King and Queen to move back to Paris. There was a rumor that Marie Antoinette was hording grain while there was a great food crisis and starvation.
King and Queen move back to Paris and are in house arrest.
King and Queen try to escape the country dressed as servants. They are caught and brought back to Paris.
It starts as a collect of signatures of the Jacobins to vote for a republic. People start to gather and when the National Troops go to control things get out of hands and the crowd is fired. About 50 people died. Jacobins (radical revolutionarists) wanted a Republic and saw the Flight to Varennes as an abdication of the throne.
Declaration of Frederick William II of Prussia and the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (Marie Antoinette's brother) stating that the Holy Roman Empire and Prussia do not approve what is going on in France.
Declares France as a Constitutional Monarchy. Most of king and queen's powers are removed, they are seen as a figure.
The Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria and attacks rapidly the Austrian Netherlands. Prussia eners the war in the side of Austria.
The Duke of Brunswick (commander of the Prussian and Austrian army) declares that he will overthrow the republic and reinstall the king.
French emprision Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette becauase they are suspicious of what he is up to.
The Assembly, meanwhile in France, intends to create a new Constitution.
Assembly declares the Republic. Louis XVI is no longer King and France will no longer have a king. (over 1400 poeple killed during arbitrary executions by royal gangs which want the monarchy to come back).
Louis XVI is executed in the guillotine.
Becomes the defacto government. Leaded by Maximilien Robespierre. A lot of people begins to be executed. Bloody periot. States the START OF THE REIGN OF TERROR.
Queen of France is guillotined.
French start to think that his system of terror lengthens the process of Revolution and adds chaos to the country so he is guillotined.
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